Gaius Valerius Pudens
Gaius Valerius Pudens was a verifiable Roman senator and suffect consul at the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century AD .
Life
Gaius Valerius Pudens came from Cuicul (today Djémila in Algeria). Probably soon after the accession to the throne of Emperor Septimius Severus (193 AD) he became governor ( legatus Augusti pro praetore ) of Pannonia inferior , as three inscriptions placed by him in Aquincum show.
The suffect consulate was held by Valerius Pudens before 197 AD, the office of consular governor of Germania inferior from 197-198 AD. The inscription reporting on the latter activity put the cohors XV voluntariorum in thanks to Septimius Severus and Caracalla for the restoration of the decrepit armory in Roomburg (Holland), which took place under the supervision of Caecilius Bato during the tenure of Valerius Pudens.
Valerius Pudens acted as governor of Britain from about 202 or 203 to 205 or 206 AD. According to an inscription found in Bainbridge, he had more barracks built for Roman soldiers, probably because of new uprisings by the Brigantes tribe .
After all, it is known that Valerius Pudens took over the office of proconsul of Africa around 210/211 AD . In this capacity, as the inscription mentioned in the previous note teaches, he permitted the transfer of the statue of a god with a bronze horse to a new temple in the civitas Vazitana Sarra, donated by the Flemish Publius Opstorius Saturninus . According to Lambertz, it must be a temple of Aesculapia built by Opstorius Saturninus before 212 AD. The Christian writer Tertullian reports on Valerius Pudens' tenure in Africa that he treated Christians very mildly. He did not convict a Christian who had been accused before him because he had seen from the interrogation files that the Christian should only fall victim to the revenge of the informer and that he was therefore brought to court for dishonest motives.
literature
- Lambertz: Valerius 322) . In: Pauly's real encyclopedia of classical antiquity , Vol. VIII A, Col. 214–216.
Remarks
- ^ Anthony R. Birley : Septimius Severus, the African Emperor , p. 172.
- ↑ CIL 3, 10396 ; CIL 3, 10399 (consecration for the local Fortuna ); CIL 3, 10438 (consecration for the victorious Minerva ).
- ↑ CIL 13, 8824 (from Roomburg, Holland).
- ↑ CIL 8, 11999 (from the civitas Vazitana Sarra, today's Henschir Bez); Tertullian , ad Scapulam 4.
- ↑ (see lit.), col. 215.
- ↑ cf. CIL 8, 12006 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Valerius Pudens, Gaius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pudens, Gaius Valerius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul and senator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Cuicul, today Djémila in Algeria |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century |